Florida Files

Officeholders

James Anderson Ruth

2023 Form 6X · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-07-01 · 6 pages (text)

Amendment. It restates net worth, assets, liabilities, joint and several liabilities, income, secondary sources of income and interests in specified businesses.

Net worth$4,962,643
Income listed$172,015
Real estate$1,613,520
Debts listed$0
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 100% $172,015 · County Court Judge

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $4,962,643; listed items add up to $4,962,643

Reported net worth: $4,962,643. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $4,962,643. They roughly agree.

What to check
  • No action needed unless other items look off.

Rule: Net worth vs. listed items
“Simply subtracting your liabilities from your assets will not result in an accurate net worth figure in most cases.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

100% of listed income ($172,015) comes from County Court Judge

Listed income totals $172,015 from 1 source. The largest is classed as government & public payroll.

What to check
  • Who is this source, and does it have business before the office sought?
  • If the filer owns it, check the business section and secondary income.

Rule: Where the money comes from
“List the name of each source of income that provided you with more than $1,000 of income during”2023 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $4,962,643 — a millionaire on paper

Net worth is the filer's own figure. Being wealthy isn't a problem; it's context for comparing candidates and for reading the rest of the form.

What to check
  • Compare with the other candidates in the race.
  • Check that the large assets below are described and valued clearly.

Rule: Net worth tier
“Report your net worth as of”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $1,613,520 (33% of net worth)

Real estate holdings, as listed.

What to check
  • Look the parcels up with the county property appraiser: land use (vacant or improved), assessed value and when they were bought.
  • Check whether any listed liability is a mortgage on these properties.

Rule: Real estate holdings
“Real property: Identify by providing the street address of the property.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

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Their filings

Other filings by James Anderson Ruth

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-26$5,851,000
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-07-17$5,543,542
2023 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics) · amended later2024-07-01$4,262,643
2022 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2023-06-28$4,611,002

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $4,380,513 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $0 listed

Reported as “N/A”.

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $172,015 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Interests in specified businesses

Reported as “N/A”.

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-11T03:00:49+00:00
SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6 · p6 form6
Extraction
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